Cognition writers talk adventure games, detective stories, and bad writing advice

The co-directors of Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, and adventure game veteran Jane Jensen, chat with GamesBeat about their writing process.

Origin offers 90 days of free distribution to successful Kickstarter games

By taking advantage of EA's generosity, crowd-funded games will have a chance to reach Origin's growing audience of more than 12 million users worldwide.

GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Adventure game veteran Jane Jensen reaches Kickstarter goal

Gabriel Knight creator Jane Jensen’s Kickstarter reached its goal of $300,000 over the weekend, which means adventure game fans will now have two new titles to look forward to in the near future.

Now that the project is fully funded, …

Retro revival: PC games raise $6.7M and counting in Kickstarter campaigns

Kickstarter’s gone vogue. With a single, bold move by Double Fine’s Tim Schafer in early February, the crowdfunding web site propelled itself into the heart of the gaming community. Now, with the signing of the JOBS Act adding additional legitimacy, …